Recent content by Samothdm

Writing session recaps is probably my least favorite thing to do as a GM. So, I feel your pain. 1. How many people think campaign journals are important resources? I think their importance varies depending on how elaborate your campaign is and how many plot threads you or the players are...

Adding New "Locations" Hey there - thanks for making this template. I'm using it to resurrect my old site that was formerly on Yahoo! Geocities. I'm having trouble with something and I tried to figure it out via the Google Sites Help FAQ and even on their Forums, but couldn't. Anyway, my...

My sister-in-law is looking to buy a game for her boyfriend for his birthday and can't seem to find a game shop near Gilroy (the garlic capital of the world! - kinda near San Jose, CA). Can anyone help out? Specifically, she's looking for FFG's "Citadels" game, but she's open to buying other...

Didn't see this mentioned anywhere else, but granted I didn't look *too* hard for it. There was another series of commercials for D&D that aired during the "Dungeons & Dragons 2: Wrath of the (something) God" that aired on Sci-Fi a few weeks ago. The commercials were done very much in the...

Last session I DM'd I used: *PH * DMG *MM * Banewarrens (adventure) * Complete Warrior (one of my players is a Kensai PrC) * Book of Vile Darkness (spme spells and feats for one of my bad guys). Last session in which I played, I used: * PH * DMG * Complete Warrior (one of my characters is a...

I don't have any Power Classes except the Noble and they did update that one to 3.5. The classes in the book are: * Alchemist * Artificer * Assassin * Avenger (new class; basically like a chaotic-good paladin) * Cabalist * Charismatic (new class; dynamic divine caster) * Crusader (new...

Yeah, I wasn't thinking that a Diplomacy check (no matter how good) would convince the guards to just give up and not do their duty. However, I think a reasonably good check woudl at least get them to stop and listen to what the PCs have to say regarding their actions, and (as Domino suggested)...

Here's the scenario: A group of town guards (not necessarily evil) have been given orders to ambush a group of PCs and arrest them for treason. The characters are, in fact, technically guilty of treason by the letter of the law (greater good and all that). So, my questions: 1) Would the...

Not a PrC or a feat, but a few issues back in Dragon, in the "Class Acts" section, there was a slightly altered monk class that allowed the use of a few martial weapons with the Flurry of Blows ability. There were a couple of trade-offs for allowing that (can't recall what they were off the top...

Okay, so I dug this one out of the past, but was out of my doctor's office today and dropped by All Star Games in Diamond because I almost never get out that way anyway. The store is closing! :( I'm sure that's been reported elsewhere on ENWorld but I did a quick search and couldn't find...

I think there are elements to the Expert that could make it a viable PC class, depending on the campaign. As someone pointed out, it's not a great combat class. It makes a good starting class if you plan to multi-class in order to qualify for certain PrCs for for certain character concepts...

I've said this before in other threads on the subject, but I wish some of the stores that seem to exist in the Midwest existed here in Los Angeles, the second biggest city in the United States!. I just don't get it. If I were to call my local game store, assuming the guy that normally works...

That's hilarious - I had worked up something like that, but I feel like for this book in particular I have so many feats like that in order to skirt around certain roadblocks. But, it looks like that might be the best way to go. How 'bout a mention in the credits? :)

I'm basically in agreement with everyone here as far as how I deal with it in my own campaign. I'm just in a bit of a quandry in terms of something I"m writing now (which was originally conceived a long time ago pre-3.5e). As it is now, the book is not about spellcasters (it's about experts)...

In 3.5, all of the alchemical items listed in the PH have a notation that they can only be made by characters with spellcaster levels. Are there any "official" alchemical items that can be crafted by a non-spellcaster? If not, what would the potential downside be of allowing a...